Sharpen up your submission grappling skills (Chingajitsu) as on March 24, Chingasos MMA is once again hosting and sponsoring Coach Tony's Villa Parke Submission Grappling Tournament in Pasadena, California. This no-gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, a.k.a submission grappling, a.k.a submission wrestling event will be held at the Villa Parke Community Center in Pasadena. The tournament will be free for competitors and spectators. Feel free to come and compete or just come witness some of the submission grappling, BJJ action (Chingajitsu).

Los Angeles MMA fans, get ready for some live fight action coming your way on Saturday March 31st. Respect in the Cage is bringing you "Battle of the Undefeated" at the Fox Theatre in Pomona, California.

In somewhat of a surprise move by Respect in the Cage, they're putting up two up coming undefeated MMA fighters in the main event. Pedro Munhoz will be facing Victor Henry.

On Saturday, the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) takes the major leagues of MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) to Japan for UFC 144. Headlining UFC 144 will be a main event match up between lightweight champion Frankie Edgar and explosive challenger Ben Henderson. Let's take a closer look at this fight and then I'll make my fight pick.

Saturday night we stopped by the Fight Academy MMA gym in Pasadena to witness "Proving Grounds 7". This was a CAMO sanctioned MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) event put on by Savant Young and the Fight Academy.

While the Proving Grounds 7 MMA event was held at the Fight Academy Gym, and it's a small venue, the crowd was awesome, and the fighters came to fight!

The first UFC event on Fuel TV will take place this evening at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebreska. Diego Sanchez vs. Jake Ellenberger will be the main event. Here's a closer look at Sanchez vs. Ellenberger and my fight pick.

Diego Sanchez is a tough MMA fighter that's been in the UFC since 2005. Since his time in the UFC, he's only been stopped once. That stoppage came via a TKO (doctors decision) at UFC 107 where he fought BJ Penn.

On Friday March 9, MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) fans get an opportunity to catch some live action in Lemoore, Californina at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino. Tachi Palace Fights 12, "Second Coming", will feature 8 MMA fights, including a featherweight championship fight.

The main event at Tachi Palace Fights 12 will be a bantamweight battle between Casey Olson and Cody Gibson. Olson is 6-1 in has last 7 fights an is looking to increase his winning streak to three in a row. Gibson is coming off a loss at Tachin Palace Fights 11, but he's coming down to the bantamweight division where he is looking to be a serious threat.

The results for the fight between Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit, the main event at UFC 143, were controversial, needless to say. What else can you expect? It was a close fight. It was a championship fight. It was a fight with fighters employing vastly different styles. One fighter, Diaz, wanted to just throw chingasos. The other fighter, Condit, wanted to use footwork and throw chingasos more strategically.

Someone in the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship)forgot to tell Nick Diaz that the main event at UFC 143 had been changed from an MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) fight, to a Backward Jog-A-Ton. An uninformed Diaz, aggressively came forward attempting punches and looking to engage in a fight, while Carlos Condit dominated the Backward Jog-A-Thon.